This is an analysis of the poem Tanker I Anledning Af Hr. Hans Ebbesen... that begins with:

Hvor Zephyr hvislende blant tet begroede Eger
Snart deler Solens Magt, snart skiller Skygger ad;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXaXXXXXXXcXcXXdedXXXXXXeXXfXfXXXXXXeXeXXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111010 110101110101 11111111010 11110110101 110100110010 11011111111 110101111010 10010011111 1111011100010 11100111110 111011110010 11100111100 11011011101 11110011011 1111111011 111101111001 100111101110 11011111 110101111001 01011100011 101100111110 11010011100 110111110010 11110101111 110101110110 1101111111 1101011110110 011101100100 111111111 111111111 11100110111 110100110101 11010111111 111101111000 1101111010 11111111010 111101101101 1101111101 100100111001 11011110101 100100111101 11010111011 1111111100 11111101101 11011101101 111101111000 1111111111 10010111010 011111101010 11010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 432
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; snart, ey, mon, o, og, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ey, o are repeated.

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  • summary of Tanker I Anledning Af Hr. Hans Ebbesen...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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